Extreme metal masters NAPALM DEATH have released a new single for their new album, "Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism". This time is the track “Amoral”, tat has also released as a video. The new album will be released on September 18th through Century Media Records. NAPALM DEATH vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway states: “A good shout to work once again with Michael Panduro (michaelpanduro.com), as he really adapts his style video to video rather than just using a singular approach. We delight in a generous helping of the absurd, so for one thing, the footage of children seemingly at play but displaying signs of systemic obedience really propels Shane’s lyrical thrust of our default powerlessness within the pecking order. As sonics go, I think it’s post-punk as fuck and grooves massively and accordingly.”
Death metal / death´n´roll legends, CARCASS, will release the first new music in seven years with their new EP "Despicable". The EP will be released on October 30th through Nuclear Blast Records and features three new tracks. One of them is “The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue” that was released today (you can check it below these lines). As Jeff Walker says: “Well the Covid situation has put the release of the new Carcass album on the back burner for the time being. Given that we said there’d be new music in August we thought it would be cool to have a stop gap release and let you hear some of the tracks that never quite made the cut. Don’t say we never give you anything. Enjoy.".
Austin, Texas-based melodic death-doom metal unit HINAYANA recently announced the upcoming release of their crushing Death Of The Cosmic EP - set for release on August 28, 2020 via Napalm Records.
Today, HINAYANA are shadowing the reveal of the music video for their charging, melancholy first single “Cold Conception” (featuring trailblazing late Tengger Cavalry frontman and multi-instrumentalist Nature Ganganbaigal on Morin Khuur), with another new track - the massive, warning "In Sacred Delusion", featuring Toni Toivonen of Hanging Garden. The band has also launched a new lyric video to accent the riveting track.
Vocalist/guitarist Casey Hurd states about the track and working with Toni Toivonen: “'In Sacred Delusion' is about the inevitability of our own self destruction. We are all in some way walking towards the flame of our own demise, both collectively as humans and individually as people. We are on a path that sometimes seems like we cannot stray from, eventually burning the world around us and giving into the hellscape we’ve made for ourselves. The song incorporates more of the band’s doomy side, with downtempo riffing and emotional passages topped off with the guttural vocals of Hanging Garden’s Toni Toivonen. It was a sort of surreal experience to be able to share a track with vocalist of a band which has inspired my own writing so much and that I’d listened to for so many years. Toni is a fantastic musician to work with and I know he’s been looking forward to seeing this track be released just as much we have, so this is a very special moment for all of us!”
Watch the new lyric video and listen to “In Sacred Delusion” below
HINAYANA started out as a one-man band spearheaded by frontman Casey Hurd, and subsequently released the crushing full-length Order Divine in 2018. Otherworldly and haunting while maintaining a crushing, colossal heaviness and peppered with undeniable groove, their latest release, the upcoming Death Of The Cosmic EP, emphasizes improved production and keen songwriting. Primarily self-produced by the band with mixing/drum recording from Kevin Butler and mastering by Swallow The Sun’s Juho Raiha, fans will also notice the new EP’s heightened concept in comparison to the band’s previous releases.
Opening title track “Death Of The Cosmic” sets off with optimistic ambience, quickly blasting into an ethereal universe of blazing leads and acoustic soundscapes capped by vocalist Casey Hurd’s deep, menacing growls. “Cold Conception” rushes in with melancholic energy before transforming into a dark, galloping anthem accented by the Morin Khuur stylings of late Tengger Cavalry mastermind Nature Ganganbaigal and a melting solo from Erik Shtaygrud. Mystic instrumental interlude “Yet Here I Wait Forever” showcases the dynamic, softer side of HINAYANA before picking back up with the stunning down-tempo gripper “In Sacred Delusion”, featuring a guest appearance from Toni Toivonen (Hanging Garden). Death Of The Cosmic closes with the sorrowful 5-minute epilogue "Pitch Black Noise" - not only proving HINAYANA's identifiable auditory trademark of melding tranquility and thunderous intensity, but also underlining the existential depth of their lyrical approach.
Casey Hurd says about the EP: “Death Of The Cosmic is based on the severed connection between ourselves and the cosmic, spiritual force in the universe and the loss of hope for the cold, modern world man has created in nature’s place. Sonically, we wanted to make something that was beautiful but crushing at the same time, demonstrated in the title track of this EP, which in concept might be viewed as a microcosm of the whole EP itself. Something we tried to do was stray away from some of the more cliché elements of melodic death metal and instead focus on what is the very root/core of HINAYANA and what gives the band its own sound.”
Prepare for the future of HINAYANA with the Death Of The Cosmic EP!
Death Of The Cosmic EP tracklisting:
1. Death Of The Cosmic
2. Cold Conception feat. Nature Ganganbaigal
3. Yet Here I Wait Forever
4. In Sacred Delusion feat. Toni Toivonen
5. Pitch Black Noise
Death Of The Cosmic EP will be available in the following formats:
Germany / Croatia's death metal collective HEREZA have published a new video for the track "The Plague Bat", the latest single from the band that is currently working on their fourth full-length.
The band comments on the new single: «We recorded and filmed a music video for the new song to keep our fans updated about the band's activities and maybe give a little teaser of how the upcoming 4th full-length album might sound like.»
You can watch the video for "The Plague Bat" below.
Raw black metal band SUTEKH will release their new demo "Triumph of Power" on August 22nd. The demo is SUTEKH´s second release and the successor to their "Force of Will" EP released earlier in 2020. "Triumph of Power" will be released on cassette format through Analög Ragnarök label. More info on:
Ukranian black metal band FAKEL will release their debut EP "Resurrection of the Ancient Spirit" on August 23rd. The EP, was originally released last April in digital format but now Nerbentage Produktionen will release it in a limited edition of 66 copies on cassette format. "Resurrection of the Ancient Spirit" features these tracks: 1.Drink Demons Blood; 2.Wards of the Black Lord; 3.Torchlight; 4.Burning Heaven. More info on:
Colombian brutal death metal band NIHIL OBSTAT will release their new album "Antimatter" on August 22nd. The new album is the third full length release in NIHIL OBSTAT´s history and the successor to their "A Collage of Perversions" EP from 2015. "Antimatter" will be released on CD through Rotten Cemetery Records. More info on:
Is there enough dirty rotten Death Metal with horror themes in this world? MEGASCAVENGER doesn't think so, so they give you "Songs in the Key of Madness", their 5th album.
5th album by this swedish band leaded by Rogga Johansson (PAGANIZER, PUTREVORE, RIBSPREADER), where he blends a heavy and catchy Death Metal in the vein of GRAVE/ ILLDISPOSED with a hint of Gore bands like EXHUMED, IMPETIGO, GHOUL, FRIGHTMARE, BLOOD FREAK... Featuring guest vocals and guitar solos from members of MACHETAZO, CROPSY MANIAC, WOMBBATH, FONDLECORPSE and PAGANIZER.
MEGASCAVENGER has been around for many years now (since 2012) and on each and every album, Rogga Johansson has brought forth guests from many prominent bands. Legends from MASTER, ASPHYX, AVULSED, GRAVE, EDGE OF SANITY, MASSACRE and BENEDICTION among many others have all been doing their stuff on MEGASCAVENGER's songs from their first four albums: “Descent of Yuggoth” (2012), “At the Plateaus of Leng” (2014), “As Dystopia Beckons” (2016) & “Boneyard Symphonies” (2019).
This time, on their 5th opus “Songs in the Key of Madness”, MEGASCAVENGER has dug deeper into the graveyard soil than before to spew forth songs heavily influenced by masters like Exhumed, Impetigo, Ghoul, Frightmare and Blood Freak.
The guests featured on vocals and guitar solos this time were borrowed from MACHETAZO, CROPSY MANIAC, WOMBBATH, FONDLECORPSE and PAGANIZER and they do their best to bring out the worst in the blisteringly fast and utterly heavy songs of the album. The excellent drums on the album were rehandled by Jon Skäre (WACHENFEDLT and DEFIATORY).
MEGASCAVENGER is: Rogga Johansson – Guitars/Bass/Vocals
Symphonic metal fire-starters AD INFINITUM continue their triumphant march to conquer your mind! Today, the band emphasizes their magnificent mysticism by revealing an atmospheric music video for “Fire And Ice” (check below these lines), cut from their marvelous debut album, Chapter I: Monarchy. Plus, don’t miss the chance to discuss the video with AD INFINITUM themselves at 4pm CET via live chat on YouTube!
The video was taken from a very special concert in order to satiate the desire for dearly missed live performances, and even showcases some exclusive behind the scenes material. The full show will be available for streaming beginning October 9.
“Fire And Ice” marks another epos that represents the band’s diversity and passion for what love doing the most. The energetic and equally melodic tunes of the vigorous ballad perfectly illustrate the heart-wrenching tones of AD INFINITUM.
AD INFINITUM on “Fire And Ice”: “2020 started with its amount of disappointments. Our plans got cancelled and we were very sad that we couldn’t present our debut album the way we initially wanted to. But in the end not being able to play live shows in front of an audience forced us to be more creative and to produce more content to share with the world! And that’s what we did. "Fire and Ice" is the first result of this work. Other surprises will come later this year including a complete live show on October 9th!”
AD INFINITUM presents a dark symphonic ceremony to ring in a new era!
With Chapter I: Monarchy, AD INFINITUM put a spell on the world and surge right into the heart of epic symphonic metal with full force. The spellbinding debut grabs your demons by the horns with an intoxicating symbiosis of boasting, energetic and uncompromising metal, set atop a rousing journey throughout history - escaping the Black Death and transporting you to another era.
Melissa Bonny’s multi-faceted vocals fill every fiber of the anthemic “Demons” - from powerful, fragile highs to deep growls, the track will send shivers down your spine while “Marching On Versailles” breaks in with thrashing drums and stormy guitar riffs. Charismatic singer Melissa Bonny, known from RAGE OF LIGHT and as the Queen of the Damned with the WARKINGS, casts a spell over her audience. Her finely differentiated spectra spanning crystal clear vocals and deep, vibrant growls emphasize the symphonic soundscapes with vigor.
AD INFINITUM states: “We are very proud to present to you the first chapter of the band's history. We invite you to listen to it daily... You know what they say... AD INFINITUM everyday keeps the doctors away. Or does it?”
